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problem with control wheel on back of EPM2

Started Feb 2, 2015 | Discussions
Jere Landis Senior Member • Posts: 1,933
problem with control wheel on back of EPM2
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Are there several EPM2s that have or have had this problem. Too sensitive, touch and it goes crazy, the wheel on back.

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Hoany Forum Member • Posts: 72
Re: problem with control wheel on back of EPM2
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Yes mine started having unpredictable behavior within a few months of owning it. When trying to zoom in on a pic in playback it will often zoom out as if I moved it the other direction. I find a lighter tough seems to make it behave more reliably.

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Isabel Cutler
Isabel Cutler Forum Pro • Posts: 19,190
Re: Same problem with e-pl5, 2X

First time Olympus fixed it under warranty.

Second time, a few months later, I had to send it in because of another problem.

Design flaw, no doubt.  Lots of reports of this frenzied activity with jumping settings.

Isabel

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OP Jere Landis Senior Member • Posts: 1,933
Re: problem with control wheel on back of EPM2

Anyone else, I'm sure there should be, just wondering how widespread this is?

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Isabel Cutler
Isabel Cutler Forum Pro • Posts: 19,190
Re: Check out this Flickr Thread about the problem
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Johnny The Greek Regular Member • Posts: 251
Re: Check out this Flickr Thread about the problem

Check.  Extreme sensitivity which is mostly just frustrating but I rarely use the wheel, TBH.

And it happened as it was out of the box.  I've never dropped the camera or smacked it around--definitely an occasional glitch but I've no idea what causes it.

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